Truss



April 19, 1938; E3; @Ess 2,114,317

' TRUSS Filed Nov. 18, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet l Atiomgeys April 19, 1938.

E. P. mass 2,114,317

TRUSS Filed Nov. 18, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 [nuenidr A itorneys Patented Apr. 19, 1938 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFIQE 2 Claims.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in trusses such as are worn by persons having hernias or ruptures of the reduceable type.

The principal object of the present invention is .to provide a truss which will remain in place over the hernia or rupture and which will have a tendency to cause natural healing of the tissue rather than enlargement or a tendency not to allow healing as occurs with the use of conventional types of trusses.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a truss wherein the pad has a contact plate constructed in such a manner as to cause contraction of the abdominal tissues so as to support and promote healing over the hernia or rupture.

These and various other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:-

Fig. 1 represents a front elevational view of a double type of truss.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of one of the truss units with its belt attaching plate.

Fig. 3 is an inside elevational view of the struc-- ture shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the truss unit shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view through the truss unit.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen in Fig. 1, that numeral 5 represents the body of the patient and numeral 6 the waist encircling belt. Each of the truss units is generally referred to by numeral 1. Each of these units consists of an ovate-shaped body 8, the lower end of the body being of sharper angular constriction than the upper portion. The inner side of this body 8 is hollowed out to provide a pocket 9 for receiving the pad [0. The inner side of the pad I9 is hollowed out to provide the pocket ll for the reception of the cushion insert l2.

It is to be understood that the body 8 is of a substantially stiff composition such as rubber or some other substance having only slight flexibility while the body 10 is of more resilient substance and preferably rubber. The insert I2 is of cushion material, preferably soft rubber and the wall portion a of the body ill overlying the cushion insert i2 is quite thin. The entire body contact side of the body id is of concave formation and is provided with crossed ribs I3 to permit adherence to the human body.

Obviously the concaved surface of the body III has a tendency to constrict the rupture or hernia opening, pulling the wall of the abdomen over the protruding intestine.

A pair of nuts l4 are embedded in the upper portion of the body I!) while a plate I5 is embedded in the lower portion of the body In and has a threaded opening therein for receiving the bolt iii. A pair of bolts Il--l8 extends through the front wall of the body 8 and into the nuts M, while another bolt l9 extends through the upper portion of the body 8 to engage into the nut 20 which is embedded in the body Ill.

The belt attaching plate 2| has an opening therein through which the bolt I1 is disposed, and adjacent thereto, the arcuate slot 22 through which the bolt l9 extends. Obviously, the unit is interchangeable to be used on the right or left side of the abdomen by simply reversing the position of the plate 2|. The ends of the plate 2| are provided with slots 23 to accommodate the belt 5 and the bolts H are sufiiciently long to be engageable through openings in the belt 6. The crotch straps 24 which extend from the rear portion of the belt 6 have openings in their forward ends for receiving the lower bolts l6 of a pair of units as shown in Fig. 1.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A truss pa-d comprising a body of substantially stiff material having a pocket on the human body side thereof, a resilient body disposed in the said pocket and having corrugations on the human body engaging side thereof, the opposite side of the said resilient body being provided with a pocket, and a cushion insert in the lastmentioned pocket, the wall of the resilient body defined by the bottom of the pocket and the human body engaging side of the resilient body being substantially thin.

2. A truss comprising waist encircling means, a pad structure including a substantially stiff body having a pocket on the human body opposing side thereof, a flexible body disposed in the pocket, a nut member embedded in the said flexible body, a threaded member disposed through the substantially stiff body and into the nut, and means on the waist encircling member engageable with the said threaded member to hold the said pad substantially fixed on the waist encircling member.

EDWARD P. RIESS. 

